Day 15 (December 2) Part II, Chapter IV, 1-2

"They take on an appearance of life, as sad memories do, when the dark has fallen.”

One gets a sense that Graham Greene was fairly disciplined when he was writing the book. Very few lines like this one, quintessential Greene-isms, slipped through into the book.

“I haven’t much time for fiction. Facts are what I like. If I could unearth one undiscovered document about Saint Ignatius, I would die a happy man.”

There are too many Professor Pilbeams in this world! I wonder if this is a good time to brag about the best interview I’ve done. I was asked, by an interviewer, what I would say to people who claim that they don’t read fiction at all. My answer is: “I’m sorry for your loss.”

“When one has to jump, it’s so much safer to jump into deep water.”

Father Leopoldo deserves another novel all to himself. (I’m fairly certain Father Leopoldo is the namesake of Father Leopoldo Durán, one of the closest friends of Greene in his later years, who was the priest by Greene’s deathbed.)